Okay I came up with the coolest idea...
It's a KelDom with a twist.
And there will be the Olympics in Tortall! How exciting.
On with the story…
Disclaimer: man I wished I had the imagination of TP. (if you don't know what that means, it means I don't own anything)
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"Neal eat your vegetables, they're good for you." said Kel. Her hazel eyes were calm, but Neal knew that she was annoyed.
"Yes Mother." He mumbled as he chased the peas with his fork.
"Don't call me that. I mean really, how many times have I told you?" Kel asked eating a piece of broccoli herself.
"Let's see. I've known you for about fifteen years, with eight of those years seeing you nearly everyday. So I've seen you about three hundred-thirty days every year. Now if I multiply that by the three meals that we have everyday, that would be nine hundred-ninety times a year. That's a lot. Now the matter of multiplying it by eigh-"
"Neal I was just kidding." Kel pointed out trying to stifle a laugh. Neal seemed disinterested with her point and picked up a piece of paper that was left on the table by him.
Oh great, here he goes with his reading frenzy again. Last time, he mobbed the royal library and stole the importing documents. Hee hee, that was pretty funny when Duke Baird found out though…
Kel's thought evaporated as she began to get curious about the paper herself. Neal's raised brows also raised her curiosity. "What is it Neal?"
Neal seemed to ignore her for a bit as his dark green eyes danced across the paper. When Kel tried to swipe the paper away from him, he only held it out of her reach. Kel began to show some frustration under her Yamani mask.
"It says that next week will be the first annual Tortall Olympics in Corus. Everyone may compete through many tasks including Bear wrestling and a scary obstacle course. If you wish to compete in the many categories, go next to the stables to sign up in the category you desire. Well I'm interested. You wanna come sign up with me?"
"What are you doing Neal? This could be an evil trap that one of my many enemies has set up to attack my best friend. Now that you think of it, go ahead Neal." Kel ducked a punch bowl that Neal threw at her. Instead of it pouring on her, it flew towards Alanna. Soon enough, Alanna was covered in punch. (A/N: Where did the punch bowl come from?)
"I'm dead." Neal whispered mostly to himself. You couldn't see Alanna's furious face under the red punch, but you could tell it was there.
Alanna drew out her sword. Neal gulped and stepped a couple paces back. He broke out in a cold sweat. (What in the world is this leading to?)
"Stay where you are Queenscove." The pissed off Lioness ordered. Neal dared not disobey his former Knight-master. "We have unfinished business." She came closer and closer.
Neal ducked his head. "Just get it over with Lioness." He stammered.
Alanna looked confused. "What are you talking about Neal?" she asked. "I was going to challenge you to the Pie eating contest in the Olympics."
"Wha? O-oh k-kay" he gasped. "Ri-right. Okay." Alanna smiled.
"I'll sign you up." With that, The Lioness walked out of the room.
Neal smirked at Kel. Kel just glared back.
"I told you so. No trap. Come on let's go before all the spots get filled up." They both headed for the stables.
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"Oh look Kel, there's Balor's Needle Sky diving." Neal joked. Kel went pale, but pretended not to hear him.
"Neal, you and Yuki should compete for longest kiss." Kel also fooled. Neal smiled.
"Unfortunately the Lady of Queenscove is out in the Yamani islands. Oh how I will miss the moonlight of all beauties. The goddess of all Yamani's. You know Kel, you and Dom should enter. You would be-" Neal suddenly ducked a swipe from Kel.
Instead of hitting Neal Kel's punch hit Dom himself right on the head. Neal began to laugh uncontrollably.
"Mithros! Kel I can't believe it! Of all the luck! Ha! This is just too good!" Neal fell on the ground in laughter. Many other people who were signing up began to stare at the crazy man having fits with himself on the ground.
"Dom, are you okay." Kel asked aside herself from accidentally hitting Neal's cousin. He moaned as he lay on the ground.
"Applesauce." Dom moaned coming to his senses. Kel tried to get rid of the laugh in the back of her throat. Dom opened up his eyes and stared at Kel who was looming over him. Their faces were inches apart.
Dom smiled his melting smile and his eyes began to dance.
"Dom, are you okay?" Kel asked worried. Dom nodded. Kel tried to control the fluttering feelings in her stomach.
"I'll be fine, I'll just have a big lump on my head for a few years." Dom answered, back to normal. He stood up standing very close to Kel.
Come on Kel, this is your time to kiss him. It's perfect. Of course everyone is watching, but at least Neal's too busy laughing to notice. Dom's head began to lean in closer until his sweet hot breath was mingled with hers.
But before Kel could even think further on what to do, Dom leaned his head in closer and kissed his secret crush sweetly. Kel surprised that he did it, and that he kissed her in the first place, stayed still surprised for a moment. She also began to kiss Dom back. Dom was also surprised, but soon enough they forgot about their surroundings, and the crowd.
When they finally let go of each other, they could hear whistling and hoots from (oh great not this again) Neal (who eventually came to his senses), Merric, Alanna, Owen, Raoul, Burri, Faleron, and Cleon (who was looking quite jealous). Dom and Kel both blushed furiously.
"Why is my sergeant making out with my past squire?" asked Raoul with a wide grin. He pretended to look furious, but it didn't work. "You two should be in the kissing contest."
Kel smiled a wicked smile. "No My Lord, I don't even want to try, seeing that you and Burri signed up." Kel picked up the sheet to point out their names on it. This time it was Raoul's time to blush. Neal looked depressed obviously thinking about his Yuki away in the islands.
"And anyway, Kel and I can't sign up for that. We aren't even courting." Dom pointed out. Kel nodded in agreement.
"Well if Kel doesn't want to do it with Dom, I'll volunteer." Cleon shrugged with an innocent face.
Kel could see Dom's face go red in protectiveness. Kel gaped at her past crush. "Cleon you're married!" she said quite surprised.
"Oh yeah." Kel shook her head in disbelief.
"Listen guys. If Kel and Dom don't want to do it, they don't have to." Owen pointed out. "Even though it would be quite jolly if they did." His mouthed curved to a wicked smile.
"Who else is signing up for Balors Needle skydiving?" Merric asked changing such an uncomfortable subject. "I know I am." The rest of them looked at him in awe.
Tobe suddenly came through the tall crowd and walked towards the sheet for skydiving. "I will."
"Tobe!" Kel gasped.
"What? You may not have noticed m'lady, but I've always enjoyed the sport of jumping off of things to your doom." Tobe pointed out innocently. Kel looked at him amazed
"Well then I'm signing up for the opsticle course." Kel said signing her name on a different sheet of paper.
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Okay this is who signed up with what:
Balor's needle skydiving: Merric, Tobe, Myles, and Coram.
Longest kiss: Jonathan and Thayet, Alanna and George, Raoul and Burri, and Numair and Daine.
Bear wrestling: Neal (hee hee. You can only imagine), Alanna, Owen, and some random guy.
Obstacle course: Kel, Faleron, and Alanna.
Pie eating: Alanna vs. Neal, Jonathan vs. George, and Faleron vs. Some fat guy.
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"Welcome to the Tortal Olympics!" boomed a strong voice. He was standing on a large stage with a podium in front of him. Behind him was a large table with five people sitting behind it. His amplified voice spread throughout the entire stadium. It seemed like the whole city was there to watch.
The man who was talking waited for the cheers and girlie court girl screams to die down before continuing. "My name is Barney George. And I will be your announcer for tonight! Behind me are the five judges." Barney waved his hand towards the table where the judges smiled and waved.
Once again Barney waited for the cheers to die down. "On the far right is Eddy of Llamaland." Eddy stood up nearly tripping on his chair as he smiled and waved. You couldn't quite tell what his hair color was. It was a cross between a dark redish orange and brownish blonde. His hair was long, but was tied back.
"Next to him is Slimon of Slimerton. He has an attitude and rarely compliments anyone. Especially if he judges singing." Slimy stood up with the introduction from Barney. He put a scowl on his face when all he got was booes from the crowd. A lone tomato was thrown on the table. On it was a tag that said 'You Suck' on it.
"In the middle. Is the amazing mage, back from the dead, Thom of Trebond!" There were gasps and screams from many of the people. The skinny albino white man stood up. He was so frail and weak that he looked worse then when he died. In fact when he stood up, his hand fell off with a random plop. He looked down at his fallen limb and shrugged.
"Down the line is the beautiful spy who isn't supposed to be here right now, Aly!" There were cheers from the crowds as Aly stood up and waved. A man with black hair and a cunning grin yelled 'I love you Aly!' From the front row. Aly waved at Nawat and blew him a kiss.
There was a cheer of delight many rows up where Neal was sitting. "I love you Aly! Your eyebrows are sexy!" Kel, who was sitting next to him gasped and slapped him.
"Nealan of Queenscove! I am warning your wife when she gets back from the islands!" Kel said furious. Neal slumped and murmured an apology knowing that he was going to once again be hit on the head with Yuki's deadly fan.
"Okay then." Barney said as the crowd still cheered. "Everyone one! Shut up your pipes or I will end the Olympics!" Barney threatened. The crowd grew as silent as a graveyard. "Okay. On the far left, and the last judge, is Lady Shi-Shinkok-Shin." The man paused trying to figure out the complex name. "Everybody give a hand to this Lady from the Yamani islands!"
There were cheers and a big applause. "Just call me Shinko!" Shinko yelled at Barney with no emotion. Barney nodded.
"Let the events begin!" Barney yelled. There was high tech sporty music that came out of no where. And for some reason it reminded Kel of hockey.
"Hey Neal, what's hockey?" Kel asked in Neal's ear while they applauded. Neal shrugged. Kel passed the feeling out of her head and cheered with the other people.
"Our first event is Balors Needle Skydiving!" Barney announced. "And since Balors needle isn't in the stadium. We will watch it from this gigantic TV thing. Let's bring it to Snape live at Balors needle with the contestants. Hi Snape!"
Everyone looked at the giant screen where there was a scary man with hair that hadn't been washed in what seemed like years. "Hi Barney. I'm hear at Balors needle as our fist contestant Merric is climbing up the old unsafe tower." Soon enough the people sitting in the stands could see Merric standing on top of the very tall tower. Suddenly he jumped of his arms and legs spread out to catch the air. When he was about a quarter down, he pulled out a high tech parachute that made him swoop up in the air then land softly down.
Everyone in the stands cheered. And there was a sigh of relief from Kel.
"Let's see what the judges thought of that jump." Said Barney turning towards the table. "Eddy what do you think. Give us your comments then rate them from one to ten. Ten being the best."
Eddy sat there thinking. "Er…I liked his form and stuff. So I guess I'll give him a eleven." (A/N: yes I put 'a eleven' cause Eddy is supposed to be stupid.)
Barney stared at him for a second then chuckled. "Uh, Eddy it only goes to ten."
"Oh yeah. Uh I'll give him a seven." Eddy said.
Barney nodded then looked at Slimy for his comments.
"I thought that was absolutely dreadful. It's sickening to even witness such rubbish. I give him a one." Slimon said Slimily.
The crowd booed and yelled at the rude judge. Kel and her friends yelled a colorful string of unique curses at the judge. Even though they would love to be shared, they couldn't be for they are too inapropriate for mortal ears. Nor would anyone want to be scarred with such-nonsense.
The other judges went giving nice compliments and constructive crtisism to Merric. Shinko gave him a seven, Thom a nine, and Aly gave him an eight.
"So the total comes to thirty-two. Let's see if any of the other contestants do better."
Next came Tobe. He was announced by Snape, then he jumped off gracefully. He did an assortment of turns and flips that made him more graceful then a swan. Kel, who was tense when he jumped off loosened as he began to flow with the air. When he was two-thirds to the ground, he pulled his parachute out and swooped up then down to the ground. Everyone cheered and chanted his name.
"I've never seen such a beautiful dive." Shinko complemented tears springing to her eyes. She wiped them away. "I'm sorry to show such emotion. How rude am I. I give him a ten."
"Tobe, that was wonderful. Even though I've never known you, I was surprised to see such bravery and grace in such a small body. I give you a nine." Aly said. She flipped her strawberry blonde hair away from her eyes. Several boys fainted in admiration. No one of them wasn't Neal. He is married. How could someone think such nonsense!
"That was pretty good." Said the weak Thom. "It reminds me of myself when I was just a lad. I'll give you a ten."
"Der…I like the number seven." Said Eddy as he searched for something foreign in his ear.
"That was okay. I guess, but it still needs a lot of improvement. Five." Said Slimon.
"Okay that comes down to forty one. Sorry Merric, it looks like Tobe got you." Barney said to the screen. They all saw Merric shrug.
Next was the very old Myles. No one really knew why he tried out for such an athletic category. Unfortunately when Myles was climbing the stairs, he threw out his back and was disqualified.
The last contestant was the gruff soldier Coram. He jumped off like Merric and opened his parachute when he was about twenty feet away from the ground. His swoop up wasn't as high because of the air, but he landed safely on the ground.
Shinko gave him a nine, Aly a seven, Eddy a seven, Thom a ten, and Slimon a three. Out of all of the contestants, Tobe got first, Coram second, and an embarrassed Merric third. Everyone was happy and they continued on with the next event. (A/N: Yes this is going to be a very long chapter. Deal with it.)
"The next event is longest kiss!" boomed Barney with a grin. There were whistles from the crowd. "The first two who are competing today are King Jonathan and Thayet.
Everyone screamed and howled as the couple went towards the large stage. Well almost everyone did except for a large group of protesters striking against the King. Unfortunately, the protesters were thrown out of the Olympics and the leader of the group, Emmy, was banned from the palace for a week. But Emmy swore that she would never be silenced, and would one day kill the king.
"Okay then. On the count of three, you will start highnesses. Ready? One Two Three…" Barney said.
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Fifteen minutes later…
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Jonathan and Thayet ended. Their faces were flushed and everyone was cheering. Jonathan smiled his evil captivating smile and looked at the judges for their scores.
"That was really nasty. I'm sorry but…eww." Aly boldly said. Jonathan glared at her, but the stubborn girl didn't step down. Far off in the stands, Aly's mother Alanna smiled proudly. "I give you a six."
"I think it's beautiful, but your form isn't well, appropriate. I'll give you a seven." Shinko said. No hint of emotion seeped out of her calm face.
"Does any person have a toenail clipper?" Eddy asked. "Oh yeah. Er…seven."
"Well, since I don't want to get sued by the King, I'll give you an eight." Thom said. His nose began to slide off as he spoke until it plopped on the table. "Ahb by Noeb!" He quickly reached for it, but found that his other hand had fallen off as well. He put his arm down and just sat there.
"That was just plain stupid. And you have no right to rule as king." Slimon said disgusted. "I pity you. And I give you a one." Emmy was proud of Sim—I mean Slimon.
"Well then, the final score is twenty-nine." Barney announced. He could see the King's temper mount. "The next two contestants are Alanna and George."
Everyone chanted the Lioness's name as Alanna and George headed towards the stage. When they arrived and Barney counted off, they held each other in a deep kiss. Venturing toungs and hands (not that way!) were involved. The crowd began to whistle and cheer them on. Kel noticed that Aly closed her eyes not wanting to see her parents kiss right in front of her.
When Kel looked at Neal's sad face, she put her hand on his shoulder to comfort him. When he looked into her eyes he smiled. "I just miss her a lot." He said at Kel's pondering face. Kel smiled back. Dom, who was sitting next to Kel, tapped Kel's shoulder.
Kel turned around staring into deep blue eyes. "Maybe we should have signed up." He whispered into her ear. Kel shivered in agreement as Dom lowered his head and kissed her passionately. Kel's stomach did flip-flops as she too kissed him back with as much love as he did. When Neal was going to talk to Kel about something and saw his cousin making out with his best friend, he smiled.
It was just too cute, Neal thought. And then they can get married and we can be related! Neal's thoughts were cut off as he remembered about Alanna and George.
It had been ten minutes and they still didn't cut off except for air. And when Neal looked over to Kel, he found that they were still kissing. "Maybe you guys actually should've signed up." Neal said to them. Kel and Dom broke apart quickly. Kel could feel a blush creep up her face that not even the toughest of Yamani masks could break.
"Yeah. Maybe we should've." Kel said to the surprised Neal.
There was an unexpected voice from behind Neal. They didn't realize that Cleon was sitting behind them. "You could always give me a try Kel." He said. Before Kel could protest, Cleon thrust Kel's face to his and kissed her hard and sweetly. All the longing that built up over the years was poured into that single kiss. Kel didn't kiss him back, but instead felt her lips begin to bruise.
After Kel was over the bewilderment of being kissed by her ex, she pushed him away. "Why did you do that Cleon? Your married and you know that I don't love you any more."
Dom put a protective arm around his Kel and threw a warning glare at Cleon. Neal was red with fury.
"How could you disobey your own wife?" Neal asked bewildered. "Kel should have the right to put you in front of the Great Mother Goddess herself." Cleon looked down ashamed of himself.
"I'm really sorry Kel. It's just that I can't stand you and Dom together because it was supposed to be me there. Not him." Cleon glared at Dom in pure hate. Dome's grip around Kel only tightened. He also glared at Cleon.
Kel felt uncomfortable about being the meaning of the fight. She wriggled her way out of Dom's grasp. "Listen you guys, if you can't find a resolution to this problem, then I will be no one's." She felt tears well up in her eyes to not be loved anymore, but quickly shot them back. "I want you two to solve this out, and when you have found an agreement, Neal will come and find me." And with that Kel walked away from the surprised group of friends to look for someone else to sit with.
"Now look what you did you stupid oaf!" Neal whispered angrily to Cleon. Dom also glared at the tall man. "You've broken Kel's love for Dom, and you made us distracted from the event!"
Cleon looked down ashamed.
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Alanna's score was forty and they kissed for twenty long boring minutes. The next people were Raoul and Burri. Everyone cheered them on as they came up to the stage. When Barney counted them off, they began. Obviously.
Kel was sitting silently watching them in the front row. She was sitting by Faleron, Duke Baird, and Merric. When Faleron asked what was wrong, she just looked away.
"You wish you signed up didn't you." Faleron accused. When Kel shook her head he began to get more confused.
"Quite the opposite." She said her face as calm as ever. In the inside though, she felt like crying one thousand rivers. A knot formed in her throat.
"Does it have to do with that crazy son of mine?" Duke Baird asked with a kind smile. Kel also smiled at this, but shook her head. Neal didn't even start it for once.
"He was the one who was trying to stop it." Kel said. Duke Baird raised his eyebrows at that.
Merric's patience was growing thin. "Listen Kel, we're your friends. You can tell us stuff." He said. He put his hand on Kel's shoulder in comfort. Kel's hazel eyes looked deep into Merric's. She nodded.
"Well you see, Dom and I were." Kel held down a blush. "Kinda kissing, and Neal said that we should've signed up for the contest. Then Cleon said that he could take Dom's place and then he kissed me." Kel shook her head. "When I pushed him away Neal and Dom were mad at him for disobeying his wife. And when Dom tried to protect me from him, he got madder and said that it was supposed to be him and me. I knew that Dom was getting angrier so I told both of them that if they couldn't solve the problem, that no one could have me." To Kel's dismay, she noticed a tear run down her cheek.
Faleron brushed it away kindly and hugged her tight. "It's okay Kel. Knowing that Neal is there with them, they'll probably get it solved in no time." That brought a smile to Kel's face. She hugged Faleron back and received a comforting grip on her shoulder from Merric. Then feeling too girlie, she quickly brushed them off and laughed.
"Hi guys! Isn't this jolly! The first ever Olympics!" said Owen. He sat down behind Merric. Kel and her friends greeted him and began to fool around like their normal selves.
Raoul and Burri's score was a thirty-eight and they held it for twenty-two minutes.
The next and last couple was Daine and Numair. They came to the stage followed by many cheers and hoots. When they started to kiss everyone screamed and cheered louder. Everyone in the city thought that Daine and Numair together was strange yet cute.
Kel leaned on the railing that separated her from the grounds and watched her friends kiss. But she couldn't think straight; the only thing she saw was Dom. Her and Dom up there kissing instead of them.
Little did she know that Dom was seeing the exact same thing.
A touch on Kel's shoulder brought her out of her romantic reverie. She looked up to see the emerald eyes of Neal staring at her. Kel smiled at her best friend.
"Hey Neal." Kel greeted. She patted and empty seat next to her. Neal sat down.
They both sat in peaceful silence watching the romantic sight.
"I still think he's too old for her." Neal retorted. "She deserves someone better. Even if they are married."
Kel smiled remembering when Neal had a crush on the Wild Mage. He even attempted poetry, which had slowly been getting worse over the years.
"Neal, don't say that." Warned his father. "Numair is a respectable man and they both love each other."
"Yes father." Neal breathed out.
"So is the problem solved?" Kel asked changing the subject.
"Well yes, kinda." Neal answered hesitantly.
"Neal what's wrong?" Kel asked growing nervous at Neal's uncertain face
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Bwa hahahahahah! I'm sorry I would've finished it, it's just getting too long so the next chapter will continue this.
Heeheehee I have something big up my sleeve. Even though I don't know what it is…
-Heartdamoose
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Re-disclaimer: Okay anything that you recognize from the TP books, belongs to TP. Snape goes to JK, and I don't own Slimon.
I don't own Eddy, my friend does.
Cleon is a butt…